“I am genuinely sorry my inclusion of the photo along with my blog post has caused controversy for the John Locke Foundation.

“If it has offended anyone, I sincerely regret that. That was certainly not my intention and I would feel awful if that was the case. It was meant to illustrate Obama’s southern political strategy, nothing more. An honest reading of the piece itself shows there is nothing offensive in it.

Servatius says she didn’t think about the racial implications of the picture before posting it.